On the evening of March 5, Royal Flight informed about the detention at Antalya Airport at the request of the lessor of the Boeing-777-300ER aircraft. Reportedly, the ship arrived without passengers to take out Russian citizens. Due to the incident, all passengers on the return flight RL7710 were accommodated in hotels.
At the same time, the airline received a notice of arrest on three liners, which are located in Turkey for various reasons.
The Boeing 767-300ER has been out of order at Antalya Airport since 2021, waiting for an engine replacement. Boeing 777-300ER is located at Sabiha Gokcen Airport on C-check. Boeing 737-800 is at Antalya Airport in AOG condition.
All 4 aircraft belong to the same lessor AerCap (Ireland).